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Cost Estimators
Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. May specialize according to particular service performed or type of product manufactured.
What a cost estimator does
Become a cost estimator
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good cost estimator
- Reading work related information.
- Using math to solve problems.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $59 per hour with an average salary of $88,500 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $36 and $65 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $32,900 and $113,700 per year.
- 56% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $73 per hour with an average salary of $58,700 per year.
Cost Estimator job outlook
- There are 6,827 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 837 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 2% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 13% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.